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Exodus 4:18

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16 He will speak to the people for you. He will be your spokesman, and it will be as if you were God to him.

17 But take this staff in your hand so you can perform signs with it.”

Then Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him, “Please let me return to my brothers in Egypt to see if they are still alive.” “Go in peace,” Jethro replied.

19 Now the LORD had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all the men who sought to kill you are dead.”

20 So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.

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BSB
Then Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him, “Please let me return to my brothers in Egypt to see if they are still alive.” “Go in peace,” Jethro replied.
KJV
And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
WEB
Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, “Please let me go and return to my brothers who are in Egypt, and see whether they are still alive.” Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”
ASV
And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren that are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
DARBY
And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return to my brethren who are in Egypt, that I may see whether they are yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
BLB
And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, “Let me go, please, and return to my brothers who [are] in Egypt, and see whether they are still alive.” And Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”
ÅB
Så gikk Moses, og da han kom tilbake til Jetro, sin svigerfar, sa han til ham: Kjære, la meg få dra tilbake til mine brødre i Egypt og se om de enda er i live. Og Jetro sa til Moses: Dra bort i fred!
OTB
Moses vendte så tilbake til Jetro, sin svigerfar, og sa: «Vær så snill, la meg dra tilbake til mitt folk i Egypt for å se om de fortsatt lever.» Jetro svarte: «Gå i fred.»
B1930
Så gikk Moses, og da han kom tilbake til Jetro, sin svigerfar, sa han til ham: Kjære, la mig få dra tilbake til mine brødre i Egypten og se om de ennu er i live. Og Jetro sa til Moses: Dra bort i fred!

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Cross references

  • Exodus 3:1

    Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

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  • Luke 7:50

    And Jesus told the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”

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  • 1 Timothy 6:1

    All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their masters as fully worthy of honor, so that God’s name and our teaching will not be discredited.

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  • Acts 16:36

    The jailer informed Paul: “The magistrates have sent orders to release you. Now you may go on your way in peace.”

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  • Genesis 45:3

    Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But they were unable to answer him, because they were terrified in his presence.

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  • 1 Samuel 1:17

    “Go in peace,” Eli replied, “and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him.”

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  • Acts 15:36

    Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”

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